The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

. _ Earl De Gre y and Ripon on the Danish Wax and Taxation. On Friday the Ripon and Clare Agricultural Society held their first public dinner in the Town hall, Ripc'n, after which the toast of" Her Majesty's Ministers' was drunk with cheers, on the proposal of Mr Lyisaght. Earl DE GREY and RIPON, who occupied the chair as preside at of the society, responded to that toast, and in doing so said he was sure that upon such occasions it was quite out of order, and it was quite right that it should be so, that they should talk politics. But he recollected a saying of his noble friend at the head of the Government, which he might be permitted to quote in regard to this toast, which was -very apposite to what had fallen from Mr Lysaght. On one occasion, when the Premier had to return thanks for the same toast in an assem bly containing men of all parties, ho assured those who differed from him that they might most con scientiously and honestly drink the health of her Ma jesty's Ministers, inasmuch as the best thing which could happen to their physical health would be their being turned out of office. (Laughter). But he (the chairman) would let his friends take it whichever way they would, and whatever might be the party differences which existed, and always did exist in every free country, and without which a free Con stitution could not be worked, he believed he should not misinterpret the spirit in which this toast had been received if he went so far as to express a hope that he might conceive it to imply that those present did not disapprove the main principles which had guided the general conduct of her Majesty's Govern. went in the administration of the affairs of the coun try. (hear.) The t ask which the y had had before them during the past twelve months had been one of no ordinary difficulty, and one which it would be e asily believed had caused them no ordinary anxiety. (Hear.) They saw going on in Europe an attempt eve`tich they held to be unjustifiable and violent to inv ads the rights of a small nation on the part of cerbin of the great Powers of Europe for objects of which they could not approve, and in a cause with which they could feel no sympathy. They were en titled to lift up their voices in common with the other great Powers of Europe who were not belli gerents in the quarrel, and freely to express their opinions upon the questions at issue. They did so, but they were not bound—this country was not bound—by any treaty engagement which rendered it a point of honour with them to engage in the quarrel on the part of Denmark. If that had been ,so, her Majesty's present Government would not I, ave hesitated for a moment—no Government that uld exist in this country would have hesitated at once to draw the sword in any quarrel in which the honour and good faith of England were engaged. (Hear.) Bat the treaty to which England was a party - was one to which other great Powers of Europe were parties also, and it WAS right, it was wise, he thought,on the part of prudent men that they should endeavourto go hand in hand with the other Powers. They were not called on by any special obligation to engage singe-handed in a contest in which others were as much interested as the English Government, and although they made known their sympathies — although they did not hesitate to assure the other great Powers that they were prepared to co-operate wide them in any measures they might mutually agree upon, yet they did not feel they should be jus tified in involving this country in the enormous evils of war, when they found France and Russia unpre pared to drive matters to that extremity, and un willing to follow them in that pith. (Hear, hear.) He believed that in the course the Government then took—that was to say, in the efforts they made for the preservation of peace, and in their determine. tion not to bring war upon this country, they were supported by the great body of the people of every shade of opinion. (Cheers.) The task, as he had ,said, was a difficult one. They used every endeavour ins their power at first to avert the outbreak of war in .Europe, knowing well to what enormous exten sion such a war might possibly attain, and when it did break out they used every endeavour to bring that war to a termination. It was quite true those efforts made at the Conference in London were Rot euccessful, but it was no easy task, as all must know, in private life to bring to reasonable terms two per sons involved in hot quarrel, the one having on his side the weight of power and wealth, and numbers and great population at his back ; the other having a strong and embittered feeling of injustice, com. bined with weakness. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, he said, they did well, and he thought it was their right and their du'y to make every effort they could on the pert of England to put a stop to the effusion of blood, while at the same time the Government had had, as he had already said, the support of the country in not having involved the nation in war, and in not having run the risk of extending those hostilities throughout the length and breadth of Europe. (Hear.) And he believed that that course— a firm desire to maintain this country at peace—a determination to uphold its honour, to fulfil all its obligations, and at the same time not to rush hastily into quarrels if they could possibly avoid it, and bring upon the country the evils of war,—he be lieved such a policy was one which would receive, and ought to receive, the approval of such an assem bly as the one he was addressing. They who were engaged in the pursuits of agriculture must feel that the maintenance of peace was of the first im portance to a country like England—to a country in which industry of every description, agricultue ral and manufacturing, was spreading every day, and in which that industry was more and more in dependent upon that most delicate instrument which was called "credit," which shut up at the first breath of war, and which when it did shut up brought wide-spread ruin, not only upon menu facturing, but upon agricultural industry also. Such, then, was the policy which had guided her Majesty's Government in those difficult foreign questions with which they had bad to deal during the present year. It had been their policy from the commencement— in the Italian question, in the American question ; and now again in this Danish question they had laboured to keep the country out of war, and at the same time they had never failed to uphold, as he believed, their honour whenever it was needed. With respect to domestic affairs there was not much in these days which could be said in regard to the duties of the Government in relation to agriculture. There was a time when men believed that the Go vernment had the means of greatly promoting the prosperity of agriculture, and when every one engaged in that pursuit was inclined to lean upon the broken reed of protection. Prophecies were made, when protection was abandoned, of the ruin that was coming upon the agricultural interest and of the ruin which would come after wards upon the country at large_ Those prce phecies had all proved futile. Facts had proved stronger than theories; the advance of years had dispelled the dreams of false prophets; and there were now few who did not believe that in agri culture, as in every other branch of industry, that which the Government could best do was to strike off shackles and remove fetters, and that which those enraged in agricultural pursuits could best do was steadfastly to rely upon themselves. Well, then, as he had said, it was little in those days that Government could do for agriculture and for trade. His friend the Rev. Mr. Powell (a previous speaker) had spoken upon the unpleasant subject of taxation and had alluded in terms which he (Ate chairmen) supposed were very true, but perhaps would not have been very pleasant if he had been present, to the Chancellor of the Exchenuer, and not alone to his right bon. friend, Mr. Gladstone, but to any one who filled that powerful office—but be (the chairman) wa s b ue ud at the s a me time to say th at the insatiable desire for a suffi.ieut amount of tas.- atioa to meet the demands of the countr7 which he found in his ri ght hon. friend had been truly de scribed by M r : Powe 11. His right hon. friend had put his hand chairman's) poet,t ituc more llrgely than he very largely indeed into his (the liked, but he hai, es z . r.rowell had felt, and an all must feel if th ey de e g r e at —if they drank with „„th d to see the country th u e mas a m . " The Health of the Army ftnil Navy ".if fi lg o f Engind maintained unytarensiii:hdcdtoa‘'necltihtes reputsti , Nn 4 n allied, the must be pr-,paren to pay for it. (Hem her.r the believed — an d t h e story of the last few years war, there to p rove i t _ thero was few, if any, men in this country who were not prepared to pay the price of national honour and national security. (Hear.) Her Maiesty's Government had shown, under the chiefship of his noble friend Lord Palmerston, whose name would go down to posterity connected more than any other man with the national defence of England—that Government had shown their determination to place those defences on a satisfactory footing. But, on the other hand, this ho could say, that her Ma jesty's Government were as anxious as any men in the country to bring the expenditure of the country within the narrowest limits consistently with the requirements of the public service ; and by that means to effect every reduction of taxation that might be legitimately possible. Although his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, would have the money which was needed for the public service, there was no man in the country, he would undertake to say, who was more zealous than he in the cause of financial reform. But it must be borne in mind that we have a vast empire extending into every quarter of the globe, and that our ships are in every port, and our commerce is upon every sea, and if he did not misinterpet the feelings of this country, though sometimes there was grumbling at the cost of colonial expenditure and naval armaments, that they were not prepared to abandon their colonies, nor give up their com merce. If they were not prepared for that, and if they wished to remain a great nation spreading their arms unto every part of the world, and enfold ing the globe within them, they must be prepared to bear the various burdens and discharge the various duties of that great position. (Cheers.) Several other toasts and speeches followed includ' ing that of the " Borough Members," which was acknowledged by Mr Greenwood, M.P. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark. (from the Times' Special Correspondent.) COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. Yesterday morning there was a grand hunt in the Deer-park attached to the Castle of Bernstorff, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was very successful in his shooting. Among the results of the morning's work were too deer with long, branching antlers, called in the Danish " kingly deer," and one of a smaller size, all three falling to the gun of his Royal Highness. It is said to be his intention to send one, if not both, of the larger deer to England to be stuffed, as trophies of the occasion. In Copenhagen the public occupied itself gene rally in making acquaintance with the Osborne, which had been moored up the river to :a position almost in the centre of the town. The Royal yacht was freely thrown open to visitors, who expressed the greatest interest in all the arrangements on board, as well as gratitude for the extreme courtesy shown to them by the officers and crew. Next to the apartments of the Prince and Princess, which were always inquired for in the first instance, the chief desire seemed to be to see the room of Lady Spencer, in whom, of all the English suite, the Danish interest and admiration appears to centre. Another large section of the inhabitants of Copen hagen was engaged in a manner quite different from the visitors to the yacht, but one at the same time affording a very practical test of the feeling excited by the Royal visit. From a late hour on Monday, all Monday night, and at break of day on Tuesday, the crowd of persons anxious to obtain tickets for last night's performance at the opera was growing in numbers, until at last the queue fairly stretched across the spacious Kongens Fytov. Even there the number of the disappointed was very great, for many of those who had purchased tickets did so only with a view of retailing them again, and the consequence was, as the day advanced, that for tickets which at the bureau had cost 10 marks, or about 4s in England, and upwards was paid in the course of the afternoon. Some few persons more liberally minded towards strangers did indeed con sent to part with their tickets at an advance of 100 or 200 per cent., but were regarded by those in the trade as guided by wholly erroneous principles, and acting probably with ulterior motives. The per formances commenced at 7 o'clock with a short comedy called "Intrigues," and shortly after that hour the house was filled in every part, so closely indeed that one had occasion to wish more than once during the evening that the architect, in the views binding him with regard to ventilation, had been less fixed in the idea that he was building for a cold climate. The house is calculated for the accommo dation of 1,200 people, and on this occasion its capa city was tested to the utmost. The seats, however, once they have been reached are sufficiently roomy and comfortable. In point of decoration there is not much to be said. The interior wears a neat, cheer ful appearance, without much attempt at a display; and with regard to lighting there is a curious ar rangement by which the great chandelier is drawn up into the roof during the time that it is desirable to concentrate light upon the stage, and let down again between the acts. The royal party had not been looked for till the commencement of the ballet, but before the first piece, lasting somewhat over half an hour, had been played through they were ob served to enter and take their seats in the royal box at the left hand side of the stage. The visit was understood, and indeed stated, to be a private one; consequently no demonstration of any kind was made on their entrance. The Kicg sat next the stage, with the Princess of \Vales beside him ; the Queen, in like manner, had the Prince of Wales at her right hand; he therefore sat nearest the body of the house, in a position where he could be generally seen. The Crown Prince of Denmark and the Princess I)agmar occupied scats in the same box, a little from the back. In the corresponding box, at the other side of the house, were the Lendgrave of Hesse and Prince Hesse of Glucksburg, with the principal ladies in attendance upon the Royal party—namely, the Countess Reventlow, Countess Spencer, Madame Bille, and the Countess de Grey and Ripon. For the other members of the English and Danish suites who were not able to find room in either State box place* were reserved at the ends of the dress circle nearest to their own party. The ballet, in four acts, arranged by Hof-ballet Master Bournonville, and entitled " Valkyrien," commenced about 8 o'clock. It was admirably put upon the stage, and the plot was calculated to bring in a forcible light before an English mind many of the more prominent tradi tions and features of the Scandinavian mythology, so entirely distinct from the softer fables current among southern nations. The curtain, upon rising, disclosed one of the messengers of the gods flying through the clouds with a war trumpet similar in tone to those which the Royal party the previous day sounded in the Cabinet of Antiquities. This note sure immediately of yappen w re a d r, a a t n r d e , obe dientepef t was o the alw a c y a s l l a , those Daughters of the Air whose occupation it was to float over the combatants in battle, to imitate their struggles in the higher denote with their spears those who were to fall. These had scarely time to fix themselves in the ate tention of the spectators when the clouds, opening soddenly, disclosed the throne of Odin, with i ts at tendant ravens, who flew off to execute some mes sage of the war-god. He then, putting off his state, and disguising himself as a bard, prepared to engage in the affairs of men ; and this opening glimpse of the upper regions formed as it were the prelude to the entertainment. A young and an old warrior became after this the leading characters, round whom the action of the piece revolves. They are seen engaged at their orisons before a miniature Stonehenge; they appeal at the Court of an ancient King and take service in his armies; they execute with the companions of their contemplated expedition a wild chant du depart, keeping time by clanging their swords upon their shields, and fie oily their galley is seen ploughing the waves in the distance. Odin seem. '3 to have euggested, ifcompelle d not the expedition, in oppo - sriition to the evident reluctance rf the Monarch, w ho is de: 113- attached to the young chid; but in his supposed capacity or bard and prophet, his voice must be eteended to. One of the D iughters of the Air, the graceful prima donna of the corps de ballet, who has selected the young chief as the special object of her care, tries hard for permission to follow him in his xcursion, but Odin will not allow her to depart ti l the war trumpet again an- InouncPa net a feast of ravens is at hand. Then Ishe flies across the sea, and soon arrives where ho lies prostrate, exhausted by a savage rite,in which, according to the fashion of the time, he has sworn eternal friendship with his older colleague, wound• ing his arm and giving the bloody fillet to his col league to wear. He is soon restored by the cordial which she carries, and then discovers that while he slept his companions have fired a town and massa cred the male inhabitants, the female survivors rushing for shelter to the cave where he has lain. His natural instinct prompts him to kill them too, but his guardian genius reproves him, and he pro tects them instead, incurring in so doing the risk of being killed by his sworn brother, who has fallen into one of those ecstacies of rage in which the Northmen, like the Malays, used sometimes to " run a muck" against all corners. The point where this first adventure is laid does not very clearly appear, but the costume of the peasants points to England or the opposite coast. The next quarter to which their love of roving carries them is to the Island of Sicily, where the young chief, surrounded by gay native companions, gives way to the seductions of women and wine. His old companion remains for a time proof against temptation, re• stricting his mod to raw flesh, as before. But in time he, too, is persuaded to put on roseewreaths, and to gird himself with flowers, and one of the most humouronaly-acted scenes in the ballet is where this rude son of the North endeavours to emulate the gambols of the nymphs who dance around him. The Daughter of the Air again appears, and regards with sadness the effeminate life into which her hero has fallen. She brings together the two companions, who are so shocked at each other's altered appear• ante that they tear away their trappings of luxury, and gather round them a band of their old followers just in time to resist a plot of assassination set on foot by the natives. These hem them into a temple, and set fire to the door with logs, but the Danes, rushing through the fire, engage in a hand-to-hand combat with the Sicilians, and against all odds re deem their character for prowess. Then they turn their steps homeward, and are received by the King with their great rejoicing. Their swords are only too welcome, for at that moment he is engaged in preparations for a great battle, and the ceremony of imparting mystic virtues to the raven standards is performed with due solemnity. The battle takes place [on the stage, archers let fly their arrows, spearmen charge home, and finally a general rush takes place, in which the King is borne along on the arms of his:followers. The Daughters of the Air have a busy time of it now, but their work is effectually done, for the curtain rises on the field of the slain, among whom the young hero is sought for some time in vain, His aerial guardian is in consolable, and swoons in the arms of Odin, but a transformation is on the point of taking place, in which all the chiefs who have been killed rise radiant in Valhalla, to be welcomed by Odin himself, to wear the star-spangled robes, to drink delicious drinks in the halls of the blest, to share in never-ending triumphs, and to find themselves in the arms of those who in life exercised so powerful an influence on their fortunes. It may easily be conceived with what interest a piece of this descrip tion is followed by a Scandinavian audience, how every morsel of antiquarian lore is caught up and appreciated, and hew well the motto over the pro scenium is justified, which says in Danish, Ei blot til Lyst—that the performances are not intended for amusement alone. For the majority of the English present there was of course a good deal to guess at, and the narrative of the piece just given is scarcely more than an outline of the numberless details com prehended in four acts. The beauty of the dresses, however, the well sustained pantomime, and the continual crowding of the stage with most effective tableaux prevented the interest from flagging for a moment. As a spectacle the Copenhagen ballet may have lacked some of the grandeur of La Scala or the completeness in point of scenery of a few German theatres, but there is one point in which the stage in Denmark stands pre-eminent, and this deserves to be mentioned. Through the measures adopted by the management, to belong to the corps de ballet at the Hof Theatre, instead of being a reproach is an hon ourable employment. The dresses and dances are such as would be seen with pleasure by many minds which in other capitals rather endure than admire the ballet. The danseuses are brought to the theatre and sent home again in carriages hired by the State; and, lastly, there are pensions for those who have served for a given number of years. At the close of the performances, and as the royal party rose to leave the house, a voice cried out in Danish, " Long live the Prince and Princess of Wales !" It was an anxious moment, and more than one face among the royal party was listening with evident anxiety for the result of this appeal to a mixed assembly. It came in no doubtful tones, but in a standing volley of cheers from all parts of the house, again and again repeated, the orchestra, as if catching the general enthusiasm, swelling the uproar with a pas de charge. The Prince and Princess bowed their acknowledgments and retired from the house ; but outside there was even a more astonishing reception, a crowd, roughly estimated at 10,000 to 15,000—some estimates place it at 20,000 —persona surrounding the theatre and lining the avenues through which the Royal carriages had to pass. It was necessary for these to pass at a walk ing pace, and both on leaving the theatre and as they drove in the direction of Bernstorf the mani festations of popular enthusiasm were frequent and enthusiastic. This morning, at half-past 11 o'clock, the Royal party paid a visit to the Ethnological Museum, another of the great collections of Copenhagen, occupying a suite of the rooms in the same palace in which the Museum of Northern Antiquities is lodged ; and its neighbour, the Ethnological Col lection, is distinguished by the excellence of its arrangement, due to the exertions of M. Steinhauer, a gentleman holding a responsible appointment under the Government here, and well known in England, where his services in a similar capacity have been duly acknowledged. The idea pervading the museum is to avoid what may be called, for the sake of distinction, the national system, in which the products of a particular country are clubbed together, simply because in successive centuries all those things happen to have had their origin in a particular division of the earth; and, on the con trary, to trace the progress of man's education and culture all over the globe by discovering the stages through which he has passed. With this object in view, this department brings together, in the first instance, the weapons, dresses, culi, nary utensils, &c., of those tribes which know, or in times past have known, nothing of the use of metals ; secondly, illustrations of the pro ducts and made of life of those nations aware of the existence of metals, but not yet in possession of a literature of their own ; thirdly, examples of the relative condition of the countries enjoying both these advantages, and of the uses to which such knowledge is then applied. Ethnological collections made in this spirit are of incalculable and increasing value, because they not only throw light on the his tory of past ages, but preserve some rapidly dis appearing features of the present. Many of the islands, which until comparatively of late were in a savage state, bat are now civilised, or partially so, wilt in a few years be able to discover the shadows of their former selves only in such museums. Steam is changing the character of the human race; and it is well that, in doing so, it should help to place us in possession of the means of measuring by actual relics the vast strides that it is enabling the world to make, and that storehouses should be ready for the treasures that it brings us. The Royal party spent about two hours in examining the museum very closely, and on taking their leave expressed to the head of the department the satisfaction which the visit had afforded them. Their Royal Ilighneese3 and suite lunched in one of the rooms of the Palace, and then, passing through the chapel, emerged immediately in the vicinity of the Thorwaldsen Museum, where they spent a great part of the remaindLr of the afternoon. I❑ the evening they will dine with the Queen Dowager at Sorgenfri. It is not yet settled what is to be done to-morrow morning by the Royal party, but to-morrow even ing the King will entertain at dinner the staff officers of the Burgher Guard, Volunteers, &c., who were to have taken part in the review on Saturday last. The dinner will be given in the Chriatiansborg Palace, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be present. According to present arrangements the Royal yacht will leave on Saturday next for Stockholm, preceded by the Aurora, and a3companied by the Salamis, to enable the Royal party to comply with the invitation oft he King of Sweden to the palace at Stockholm. About eight days will probably be occupied in the Swedish visit, and it is believed that the Prince will then return for a short time to Fre densborg. About this, however, as about all move• ments subsequent in point of time to the departure for Stockholm, there appears to be still considerable uncertainty. Mr A. Gosling, Secretary of Legation at Copen hagen, has obtained leave of absence, and returns to England with Mrs Gosling. Failure of the Leeds Bank. FORGERIES OF BILLS ,000 OF EXCHANGE FOR £BO. LEEDS, Saturday.—The rumours afloat that Mars. den, the bankrupt ironfounder, who a few days ago absconded from this town, and up to this time has eluded pursuit, had negotiated forged bills of ex change to a great amount through the Leeds Bank ing Company, now in serious difficulties, were un mistakably confirmed to-day under the following circumstances : At the usual sitting of the Leeds magistrates to day, Thomas Scaife, a middle-aged man of rather corpulent habit, was charged with having feloni ously forged and uttered various bills of exchange. The prisoner had been the confidential manager of Marsden, and in that capacity he has by procura tion made himself an accomplice to forgeries the magnitude of which is almost unprecedented. Only two out of at least a thousand cases were for the present inquired into. Mr Bond, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the bank; Mr Granger, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. Mr Walker Joy, oil merchant, said—J.Woodhead Marsden was a debtor to the Leeds Banking Come pang in several thousand pounds. On Wednesday Marsden was sent for to the bank, Mr Scaife, the prisoner, attended for Marsden. A large bundle of bilis were produced bearing the signature "per pro. J. W. Marsden, Thos. Scaife." Amongst them was a bill for £l7l 2s 6d, drawn by Marsden per pro. Scaife, and purporting to bear the acceptance of Geo. Wilson, of Crossland-treet, Holbeck. Prisoner was asked if they were good bills, and he said they were not. He said they were forgeries. On Friday he (witness) had a conversation with the prisoner for more than an hour. Mr. C. Butler, one of the commit tee, said he had better make a clean breast of it, and prisoner replied " Then I will make a clean breast of it, and tell you everything." Seven or eight gentlemen were present—witness, Mr Butler, Mr Bolland, Mr Wailes, and some directors were pass• ing backwards and forwards. Mr Donisthorpe was also in the room. Notes were made by Mr Wailes of what the prisoner said. He (witness) saw pri soner again. A book full of bills was produced, , and the prisoner said they were forged. The num ber of those bills was above a thousand, and they represented upwards of £BO,OOO. The book was numbered np to the extent of a thousand bills. He (Mr Joy) had prisoner apprehended on his own re, sponsibility. He felt as a man of honour that a gigantic fraud had been committed. Mr Irwin—Within what time was this £BO,OOO worth of bills paid into the bank ? Mr Joy—l really cannot tell. The forgeries have extended over years. There are at least £68,000 worth of forged bills out,and we have at leastilo,ooo of forged bills also in the bank. Mr. Granger—Did prisoner not say to you that Mr. Greenland (manager of the bank) knew all about it ? Mr. Joy—He dld. Mr. Granger--Did he not tell you further that he had no interest in the matter beyond benefitting Marsden? Mr. Joy—He did. By Mr Barr (magistrates' clerk)—Two bill books were given up, and the prisoner said all the bills named in one with a clasp were forged. The other book contained entries of customers' bills. Prisoner said all the entries were in his handwriting. Mr Bond—Was Mr Greenland present when these con• versations took place ? Mr Joy—He was not. Mr Marsden has absconded. Mr Joseph Servant, cashier of the Leeds Banking Com pany, said Juhn W. Marsden had kept an account with the bank for five or six years, and up to the 17th Septem ber. That account was principally managed by the prisoner (Scaife), who was book-keeper to Marsden. On the 28th of April the prisoner brought to the bank on Marsdeu's account bills for £1,256 19s, among which war a bill (pro duced) for £3OO. At the same time the prisoner produced a payment ticket, dated 38th April, 1864, signed, "J. W. Marsden, Thos. Scaife," which was in the handwriting of the prisoner. On the back was a memorandum in the pri soner's writing of the three bills of exchange, one of which was the same for £3OO now produced, dated April 27, 1864, drawn as follows :—" Per pro. John W. Marsden, Thos. Scaife" upon it, and accepted by Messrs. Robert Hudson Stanley, near Wakefield, payable andfour months Co. , colliery after owners,da teto the order of the drawer. The manuscript part of the bill was in the writing of the pri soner, and endorsed by the prisoner as drawn. That bill was presented for payment when due and dishonoured. Mr G. Wilson, gasfitter, Crossland-street, Holbeck, said hehya,cllBe6x4a,mdinraedw: per bil l pro. John W, Marsden, Tho mas £l7l 2s 6d, dated the 12 th of May, Scaife, and purporting to be accepted on the following terms :—" Payable at Messrs. William Deacon and Co., bankers, London. George Wilson." No part of that ac ceptance was in witness's handwriting, He never had any transactions with Marsden or the prisoner, and there was no other George Wilson in Croseland-street, Holbeck, He did not know either Marsden or the prisoner. He first heard of this forgery on the 22d. Mr. R. J. Hudson, Moorville, near Otley, partner in a colliery at Stanley, near Wakefield, under the firm of Robert Hudson and Co., said a bill of exchange for £3OO, dated 27th April, 1864, drawn by J. W. Marsden, had not been accepted by him or hie firm. The firm never accepted any bills. After being cautioned, the prisoner said he had nothing A) say at present. Ho was then committed for trial at the assizes. It is stated that in one of Marsden's private drawers were round bills which had been prepared with a view to obtain ing a further sum of £lO,OOO by forgeries. COMMERCIAL FAILURES IN LEEDS. (From the Leeds intelligeneer.) In consequence of the stoppage on Monday of the busi ness of the Leeds Banking Company two serious failures have been announced in Leeds—that of Messrs. Saalfield Brothers, woollen brokers and shippers, Cookridge-street, and that of Mr, John Woodhead Marsden, iron merchant and machine maker, of Leeds, Holbeck, Castleford, and London. As to Messrs. SaaMeld's liabilities there is no doubt that they will be very large—far beyond £lOO,OOO ; but the real state of affairs cannot be yet known yet, as sufficient time has not elapsed for the completion of the balance-sheet. The stoppage of this house was a heavy and great discoutage merit to many manufacturers who had been expecting to have accounts owing by the firm settled. Instead they found the failure of the the warehouse door closed again st them and a notice posted on it stating that in consequence of Leeds Banking Company Messrs. Saalfielei had been Thurs com - pelled to suspend payment. Au attempt was made on day morning to catty the affairs of Messrs.paalfeld into the Bankruptcy Court. Mr J. North, on behalf of Messrs. D. Yewdall and Sons, manuf acturers, Caverlery, opened a petition in bankruptcy. The debt of the petitioning credi tors is only £125; but, on behalf of the Leeds Banking Company, particulars of dem and for upwards of £25,000, giving credit for the bills running, having been served upon the Messrs. Saalfeld. Mr Yewdall, solicitor, has given notice on behalf of Messrs. Saalfeld that the adjudication will be disputed on the ground that no act had been com mitted by his clients which could be constructed into an act of bankruptcy. We are informed h also that Mr Bondo tice , on an behalf of the banking company, as nof attempt to dispute any proceedings in Bankruptcy. We may here observe that the difficulties in which Messrs. Saalfeld find themselves have led to the stoppage of their London agent, Mr John Abraham, Aldermanbury, London. The public cannot but wonder how a firm, which a very few years ago compounded with its creditors for 8s in the pound, has obtained so eauch credit at its bankers. Mr J. W. Marsden's downfall was no iurpriee, and when it be came known that the bank had stoppca it was looked for momentarily- His creditors found that ho had absconded, and it was thought he had betaken himself to Liverpool, because of letters to a friend which had come into posses sion of the creditors Yesterday, Mr Charles Turner, cloth manufacturer, Holbeek, and Messrs Williaui Tu rner and DavidJonnson ' cloth minufacturets, of Leeds, prc.,cnttd petitions for relief in the Lends Bankruptcy Court. These failures are owing to the parries having relied upon accommodation from the Loeits Bankino• Company. It is said that the been three bankrupts owe the an k about £15,00 0 . SUSPENSION Or MESSII I . AL FRED TEALE AND Co., WOOLLEN of iLtohze Leeds A CLOTH lEuc IBlAartnik'sin, ~ . s E C E o D m S .p — a l3l ., b isw hf io r uh i o h ld av a e compelled to execute an assi LEEDS.—This consequent upon the failure ilu r quantity of their paper. The total liabilities are, we under stand, about £lOO,OOO. Messrs. Bond hnd Barwick and Mr Yewdall are the solicitors. We understand, from a reliahl • e ' . expected to be roots fevowsble than was at fi l quarter, that the winding up of Messrs. Saalfeld's estate is st antict- pated. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1864. ILAILW, :GENCE, EAST NORFOLK. The first ordinary meeting of this company was hold on Thursday at Norwich—Lord Suffield in the chair, The report stated that the act of last session, incorporating the company, sanctioned the construction of a line from Norwich to North Walsham. The engineer had been in structed at once to lay out the lino and report as to the cost of it, and the solicitors had been directed to issue notices to the landowners. Lord WODEHOUSE, in moving the adoption of the report, said he considered the application to Parliament an entire success. Having other matters to attend to in London, he should not be able to continue any longer a director, but he would be glad to give every assistance to forward the inte rests of the company. Mr SHErHEARD seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously, The retiring directors were re-elected, and Mr Chamberlin was elected a director in the room of Lord Wodehouse, re signed. Messrs. Baker and Wright were appointed auditors. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had every reason to hope that the continuance of the line to Cromer would be sanc tioned. ASIICHURCH AND EVESHAM. Captain Tyler, the Government Inspector of Railways, has, after some delay, certified that this line (which has been open for some time past for goods traffic) may be opened for passengers. The difficulty appears to have been the iron fridge over the Avon near Evesham. The line will accordingly be formally opened on Saturday next (Oct. 1). REDDITCH AND EVESHAM. . _ This line has been marked out, and the works are expected to be commenced forthwith. When completed, it will, in conjunction with the Ashchurch and Evesham and Red ditch Railways, form a loop line to the Bristol and Birming ham section of the Midland Railway. PORTPATRICK, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Stranraer; Viscount Dalrymple in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said it was not quite so favourable as they could wish, owing to the loss of the Irish traffic by the withdrawal of the steamboat be tween Stranraer and Lame. This showed the absolute ne cessityof re-establishing the steamboat service, as they must depend much more on through than local traffic. The cost of the Parliamentary proceedings of the company in the last Session would have been much less had they not encountered the opposition of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, which they had no right to expect. He regretted that the harbour works at Portpatrick ware still in an un finished state, as they rendered unremunerativo a large por tion of their capital expended on the extension to Port patrick. They had come to an agreement with the Cale donian Railway Company for working the traffic of the line on'very favourable terms. The agreement would shortly be submitted to the shareholders for their approval. Sir W. DUNBAR seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. CALLANDER AND OBAN. A meeting of landowners and occupiers interested in the formation of this proposed railway was held at Oban on Wednesday for the purpose of considering the agreement entered into with the Scottish Central Railway Company. The heads of the agreement were read and confirmed, and resolutions were passed to the effect that the proposed lino of railway when constructed would not only be renumera live to the shareholders, but would confer great benefits on the country through which it was intended to pass. A pro visional committee was formed, consisting of Mr Malcolm, ALP., Captain Campbell, Mr Macfie, and Mr Tennant to represent the proprietors: and take the necessary steps for carrying out the undertaking. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The financial statement of this company for the month of August showed that 26,4'6 acres of land had been sold during the month for 277,293 dols. The sales from the Ist of January last to the end of August amounted to 189,880 acres of land for 2,014,561 dols, The cash collected in August amounted to 303,870 dols. In the traffic depart , ment the receipts on the railway for the month of August amounted to 585,431 dols. against 511,305 dols. for the same month last year, showing an increase of 74,129 dols. Federal Recruiting in Europe, Mr Isidor Sigismund, who was formerly in the United States army, and who, after passing a year in Europe, has returned to the United States, has given a long account, published in the Boston Courier, of the way in which the Federal armies are recruited. He says : When ebout to return to the States I formed the acquaintance of a Mr Julian Allen, a Pule, from New York. lle informed me that his mission to Europe was for the purpose of assisting emigrants to the United States, as ho said labourers of all sorts were greatly wanted here, and he would assist those who wished to emigrate to do so. He then desired me to go with an expedition that was then fitting out at Antwerp, Belgium, and see those men to the port of Boston. A steamship (British) was ready to take 426 men, a great deal of s% h'eh seemed mysterious to me. Making inquiries, Mr Allen informed me that some of those men intended to enlist in the United States army on their arrival here, in =se- quenca of which he wished the whole affair to be kept a secret, the steamer being chartered for the purpose, and would take no other passengers. Accordingly I was introduced to the men, and they were informed that I wou:d be placed over them, to see them safely here. Another man, a Servian, by name of Radislavovitz, was to act as their "lieutenant," and I was requested by Mr Allen, since many intended to enlist, to drill them on board the steamer on our passage, in order to teach them the command in the English language. They all signed a contract (which but few could read), purporting to be that they bind themselves to take employment on their arrival in the States. We then left Antwerp on July 6. Captain Farmer (an Englishman), commanded the ship Bellona. . . On July 20 we arrived opposite Deer Island. On the passage I drilled them regularly, most of them doing it for a pastime. On our arrival opposite Fort Warren, seve ral gentlemen came on board, the pilot being previously in structed under no consideration to permit any one to board the ship except the parties concerned, nor should the men have any communication with anyone. A :quo dof police also came on board, and the men were all landed on Deer Island. The steamer immediately steamed off to New York. On our arrival at Deer Island the truth began to dawn upon us. The men were all placed under a strict vigilance of police, and wore informed that they would be mustered into the United States army; that the contracts they had signed before their departure were to that effect, and on anyone demurring, force would be used. An enticement of 100 dole on their being sworn in was also held out to them, and fur ther promises when at Galloupe's Island. Some of the men desired to communicate with their friends in the city, but that they were not allowed to do, their friends being kept in ignorance of their arrival. Their lieutenant, who knew the fact that the men not wishing to be mustered in could not be compelled to do so,and who might have communicated the same to them, was not allowed to stay with the men, but kept in the House of Correction over night, and the next day sent to the city and run off to New York. This man, who worked very hard in getting the men together and in bringing them hero, was promised that ho would be well rewarded. He received on stepping into the cars for Now York the sum of 20 dole. . . . All the men (with the exception of 24, who were rejected by the surgeon) were then mustered in, 100 dols. paid them, and sent to Galloupo's Island. Some of the men complained to me that furloughs were promised them to come to the city, but none of the promises were kept. No further bounty (but the 100 dohs. they received) was given them, and after a short time they were sent off to Fortress Monroe, and from there they will be sent to: the " front," none of their friends knowing anything about it. * * The facts I am now going to state I vouch the truth of, and am ready to prove them to anyone desiring me to do so. The batch in the steamship Bellona was the second one brought to this city, and consisted of 426 men. The cost of bringing them from the places they started amounts to about 60,000 dols. (in currency), not quite 150 dols. per man. Add 100 dole. paid to each man when mustered in, and which covers all bounty, &c, that makes 250 dole per man, or 100,000 dole for 4CO men. I don't think that any of those men have been sold for less than 900 dole. each—that leaves a balance of 650 per man:net profit. I, who have worked harder than any interested in bringing the men here, and subsequently in seeing them off,received the magnificent sum of 100 dole. to liquidate all claims ; and had I not been compelled by the necessity of my expenses while working for those men I would not have accepted the money. The net profits they have made are as follow :--The whole expense of these 400 men, pay included, amounted to (at 250 dole. each) 160,000 dole. The receipts for them (at 900 dole. each) make 460,000 dole, that leaves 360,000 dole. 1 have seen a letter from one of them, before leaving Galloupe's Island, which some one had published in the New fork Deniocrai (a German paper), bitterly complaining of the treatment they received ; that none of the promises made to them have been kept. Another batch arrived yesterday morning, in the ship Gar land, Captain Behrens, with 255 men. She left Antwerp July 18. The men were all landed before sunrise yesterday mor"ing on Deer Island, where they were strongly guarded. The capiain of the G irland informs me that the men, after hay .ng left Antwerp and learned the true object of their going to Boston, gave him a good deal of trouble until he was compelled to off.. to land them en the coast of England, but the men being unable to speak the English language, and perfectly destitute of all means, hell a consultation, and at last decided to proceed with the ship and stand their lot. The vessel has not come into dock. Another ship is • soon expected. THE COMEDY BY DUMAS, " INldlle. du Belle Isle," about to be produced at the Haymarket, is being played at the Iheatre Francais at Baden. On Saturday morning a most cold-blooded murder was perpetrated in a cottage on Chadwefl-heath, midway be tween Ilford and Romford, near the main London-road. The unfortunate victim was a woman named Amelia Blunt, verging upon 40 years of age. She had been married many years, and had two grown-up daughters, and up to two or three years since resided somewhere in the north of London. Her husband died about two years ago, and sho then came - - ;o live in the neighbourhood of Chadwell-heath. Sho there became acquainted with Francis Wane, a labouror, and they seem to have lived together as man and wife. Wane is described to have been of idle and dissolute habits, and their home was maintained by the industry of the woman, who went out washing. About three months since she left him and engaged herself as a kind of housekeeper to an old man named James Warren, nearly 80 years of age, and his son John, who was about her own age, both occupying a cottage an the edge of Chadwell-heath. It seemed that the two were so comfortably cared for that the son John made her a proposal of marriage, which was accepted. The bands were read yesterday week at Dagenham Church for the first time, and she was preparing her wedding dress and making other arrangements for the marriage, which was fixed to take place in the early part of next week. Wane frequently requested Mrs Blunt to return to him, and on learning that she was about to be married to John Warren he was heard to say that it should not take place, and that ho would " do" for her. Unfortunately. however, these were only deemed to be idle threats, and no notice was taken of them. On Saturday morning he was in'a publichouse near the heath, drinking, and in an excited state. While he was in the place the woman Blunt, who had been out marketing, met a woman coming out of the house. In the course of conversation Mrs Blunt made some allusion to her forthcoming marriage, which, no doubt, was overheard by Wane, She then proceeded on her way to the cottage, and, having prepared the dinner, she went to wash in a kind of little washhouse or lean to, and James Warren, as was his usual custom, took a short walk for half a pint of beer. This was shortly after 10 o'clock. The old man, on his way, called at the house of a grandson, and among other matters spoke of his son's intended marriage, and how comfortable they would be. He returned to the cottage and called " Milly," the name by which they called the deceased. Not receiving any answer, he went into the washhouse, and there saw her apparently leaning over the copper, as if she had been taking some clothes out of the boiler. He again called her, and at the same time put his arm partly round her waist to raise her. In consequence Of his feebleness, however, he was unable to bear the weight of the unfortunate woman, and stumbled and partly fell with her. He then found that she was covered with blood flowing from frightful gashes inflicted in the throat end side of the neck. Ho went out of the cottage as quickly as he could and alarmed the neighbours. His grandson James Warren, who occupies a cottage near the heath, with several others at once rushed into the place, and they found that the woman was quite dead. Messengers were instantly despatched for medical men and the police. Mr Bowers and other surgeons residing in the district were soon in attendance. The deceased had received three fearful wounds in the throat and right side of the neck, which ex tended to the vertebras and divided the main arteries. Her hair was disordered and hanging over her face, as if she had struggled with her murderer, and a portion of the mortar of the copper had. been torn away by deceased in her endea vours to get away from her assassin, On the arrival of the police a brief inquiry was sufficient to give a clue to the supposed murderer. As the old man left to get the beer, Wane was seen by some children going in the direction of the cottage. Consequently suspicion at once rested on him. Wane has peculiar, short, 'almost club feet. This pecularity of footmark at once enabled the police to track the course he had pursued in taking his flight. Po lice constable Dunmow, K 371, and another officer, with James Warren, the grandson, went in pursuit. After a long chase he was soon crossing a hedge into a plantation about a mile from [tomford. Dunmow at once ran after him. Wane had lain down on the grass. Ho was asked if he had been at Chadwell-heath that morning. He said he had not, and the officer then said he should take him into custody on suspicion of murdering his old sweetheart, Mrs Blunt. It was found that Wane had been in the pond, no doubt for the purpose of washing the blood off his trousers, for ho was wet up to above the waist. Portions of the upper part of his dress were spotted with blood, and a piece of his waistcoat had been torn off. He had no cap, and the knife or weapon with which the deed was committed oould not be found. The supposed murderer was then secured and re moved to Ilford gaol, where the charge of murder was duly entered against him. Mr Sergeant Howie and Mr Inspector Bryce, of the Il ford district of the K division of police, soon arrived and joined in the examination, to secure the conviction of the guilty party. On examining the garden at the rear of old Mr Warren's house the short footmarks were clearly detected, showing hew the murderer had got into the wash. house. It is thought that Mrs Blunt was in the act of taking some clothes out of the copper when the villain came hehind her and inflicted the wounds on her throat. Dunmow, the officer, continued his search in the ploughed field above referred to, and in a line with the foot marks, not more than 30 yards from the cottage, ho found a pig-knife, which had evidently been used in the commis sion of the crime. The blade and handle were bloody, and it is stated that it formerly belonged to some member of Wane's family, and that Wane himself had been in the habit of using it in trimming greens. A most material piece of information, however, was elicited in the course of yesterday. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on Saturday a man named Hunter saw Wane go to a field, and put the knife in his jacket, Wane remarking, "You'll hear of something presently." In the course of the search for the knife, the pond before alluded to was dragged, and the missing cap, with a brick in it, belonging to Wane was brought up. It is supposed that he used the cap in wiping the blood off his trousers, and then threw it into the water. The prisoner will be examined before the local magis trates. The usual notice has been sent to Mr C. C. Lewis, he coroner for Essex, preparatory to an inquest being held. Disgusting and Horrible Brutality to a Sailor Boy. On Saturday evening, at 5 o'clock, Mr John Squarey and Mr George Watson, the chief and second mates of the ship Crouch Brothers, from Demerara, were brought up on war rants before Mr Partridge, at the Thames Police-court, charged with committing a series of brutal assaults, mingled with tyranny and most disgusting behaviour towards a sailor boy named John Carter, oa a voyage from Gravesend to Demerara and back. Mr Chas. Young conducted the prosecution for th® crew of the ship ; Mr Joseph Smith defended the prisoners. It appeared from the opening statement of the solicitor for the prosecution and the voluminous evidence given that on the 12th May last the ship sailed from Gravesend. There was one man short. The complainant, a delicate lad of 17, who had never been to sea before, whose right hand was crippled, and who was quite unfitted for the sea service, was hastily shipped in the dark as an ordinary seaman and taken to sea with only the clothes he stood upright in and a second pair of trousers. He neglected himself and became very dirty. On the Ist June there were vermin about his person, and the chief mate gave orders to the second mate to cut all tho hair off his head, and ordered a boy to put him in a tub of water in which soft soap and soda were mixed. He was stripped and immersed in the tub, and one of the ap prentice boys was directed to scrub him with a piece of can vas, and this was done so roughly that his skin was stripped from many parts of his body. Mr Squarey superintended this torturing ablution, and repeatedly struck the com plainant across the naked back with a rope. On the same day the chief mate flogged the lad again when he had his clothes on. On the 2d June Carter was aghin stripped by the chief mate's orders. There were some lice on the lad's person, awl the chief mate compelled him to put them in his mouth and swallow them. Several times the lad was ordered to go aloft to the royal yard while the wind was blowing strong, and his life was put in imminent danger. On the 4th of June the chief mato cut the lad's ear open, and it was sore for seven weeks after wards. The chief mate waa also frequently hitting and kicking him. All these facts and others were confirmed by Richard Lamming, who kept a log of the cruelties prac tised on the lad, and by John Macdonald, seamen. The ease against the second mate was much worse; ho beat the lad on the 2d of June with a piece of wire rope, and made him swallow the insects he took from his person. The scars caused by the blows did not heal for three weeks. On another day, and without the slightest semblance of provo cation, he called the Ltd a fearful name, and kicked him from the poop to the deck, a fall of 8 feet. On another ee. cation he gave him a black eye by a severe blow with a rope. He kept the boy for the whole of one day without food, and made him scrape up :grease on his knees. He struck the lad on the head with a basket and cut it. There was a bump on his head for some time afterwards. Richard Lamming was allowed to refer to his written log, and said the second mate was always knocking Carter about the face and ribs whenever he came near him, made him swallow lice, beat him with a strand of rope in three places, and called him foul names. On the 6th of Juno Carter was coiling up a rope on the poop, and the second mato went behind him and kicked him from the poop to the main deck, a height of eight feet, and said, " You son of a --, I'll skin you alive before I get to Demerara." That night the boy was sent on the bowsprit on the looks out, although it was stormy, and the sea washing over everything. On the same night the second mate sent him up aloft to the yardarm for a gasket. The boy slipped, but caught himself up by a foot rope, or he would have been thrown on to the deck and killed. It was was not a place for a boy litre him to go aloft, The second mate sent him up again and said " You --, I'll keep you there for a mouth until you stow that sail." Being a cripple with ono hand he could not stow the sail, and ho kept him there three hours and then sent a man up to stow the sail. On the 16th of June the second mate lit his pipe at the binnacle lamp, capsized the lamp and broke it, and spilled tho oil on deck. 'rho second mato blamed the boy for the accident, and told the captain the lad did it. The second mate sent Carter aloft with the grease pot and kept him there all day without anything to eat. He saw Mr Watson strike the boy on the head with a bucket. On the 17th of June the second mato ordered the lad to let ra.imiii........, 41..... go the mizentopmast staysail down haul. The boy did not understand what was meant, and the second mate struck him, knocked him down, and gave him a black eye. MI Partridge said he could not proceed further with the case that evening. Ho had heard of a series of gross assaults charged against the defendant, and they would have to go for trial. Mr Smith said the mates had just been taken out of their ship. and were quite unprepared. He asked that the car tain's bail should be taken for them. Mr Charles ,Young objected. Heavy bail ought to 1) 0 demanded, and 24 hours' notice required. Mr Partridge should require of each defendant his oW personal recognisance in £2OO, and two sureties of LW° each, and 24 hours' notice of bail. The prisoners were then remanded to Clerkenwell Prised until Wednesday next. COUNTRY MARRTITS. YORK— SATURDAY. A plentiful supply of wheat on offer from the farmers flit morning again and a fair trade was done, the prices 01 last week receding fully is per r. Of barley a fair show, but the demand was dull, and is per qr down. Oats 0 1 1 in moderate request, and in favour of buye rs . Beans Wero a moderate show, and realis,d about late rates. Wheat, red 38s to 4ls Oats.... l9B 231 to 408 to 4 31 White do .42s to 45 s Beans .. Barley .27s to 32s Peas ....--s to - -- ,, '4 s Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 30 s per q r .; flour, 3u to 32s per sack. . LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 44s to 49s ; red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone. New white, 44s to 48s'per 36 stone. Malting barley' new, 33s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 25s to 27s ; old OW' 30s to 32s ; new oats, 24s to 27s 'per 24 stone. Bes n°° old, 41s to 43s per 38 stone ; flour, 34s to 39s_ per 20 stone. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. At our market to-day wheat came well to hand, but the trade was dull, consequently prices were in favour a !ll° purchaser. Barley also dull. Oats and beans sold readily": —Old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 418 to 44s per 36st new white, 46s to 488; red, 40s to 435. Malting bald' , —s to —8 per qr ; grinding, 278 to 308 ; oats, old, 23s 268; new, 19s to24s; beans, 34s to 40s; peas, 348 to 370. N OTTIN GHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 438 to 518; red wheat, 42s to 4 60 Barley—malting, 328 to 358 ; grinding, 288 to 295. O! W old, at 26s to 308 Od; new, 23 s to 265. Beans sold at 41' to 44s per qr. ; new, —s to —B. Flour, fine, 30s . .te 325; super, 348 to 398 per 20 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, and trade was dull, at a decline of is per qr on last week's prices. 111 0 barley there was an increased supply, and prev icus Pride maintained. Other sorts dull. White wheat. 45s to 46s I Red wheat 41s to 42 0 Malting barley ...35s to 36s I Chevalier barley 33s to Distilling d 0..... 29s to 30s I Oats.. 24s to Flour, 28s 28s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. A large attendance to-day. A good supply of all spring corn. Foreign wheat, buyers at a decline o f i s ; no selloro; Indian corn a speculative inquiry at a little below seller" ideas a. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6 Oatmeal Do., red .. 21 6 to 24 0 Beans.. Do., new .... 0 to 0 Bere - - 0 Barley 0 0 Oats .„, 0 _1%1300. to to .... li d o ! Do., black — 0 to 0 Indian corn .. 27 0 to P Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Oct. 12' via Marseilles Oct.Jrazil and Cape "Verde, by British packet. Oct. 4. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Asceneion, and St. Helena Sept . ? China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 'A‘,/ via Marseilles SeP t • b . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. '2s' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2 4, via Marseilles Sept , ,',. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Oct. 6. Portugal.... Oct. 4 ',5, slalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton S e p t. 07 'l` r 5, via Marseilles Sept. ,t a. N ew f oun dl an d .. Sept. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept.2B' by U.S. packet.... ,o, —. by Canadian p 0 acket.Sept. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 25 ' California. and British Columbia.. ETON COLLEGE.—Tbe vacancy in the Lovv et i School assistant-mastership, caused by the resignation ei Mr R, H. Balls, has been filled up by the appointmen t Mr Arthur C. James, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge° fourth classic in the last honour list there. . OUR LONDON COMPANIES. -- O at of the 82 ool rid panies which still struggle to keep their heads abof° water, there are only a few that may be termed wortie% companies, or companies still possessing trade privil e g,, ei : There is the Goldsmiths' Company, which still posEess tm 4 right of assaying all the gold and silver manufactured , a n , of stamping on these metals the hall mark; the APe t r n i caries, who sell drugs in their hall, and possess the rigb": r entering shops within their jurisdiction and testing'" adulterations ; the Stationers, who claim a certain me' intendence over the booksellers ; and the Painter-stain ere, company at the present moment exhibiting some s p ainOc S l il action in the way of an exhibition of works of their ors ft men ; and finally, the Gunsmiths, who possess the privi le re of trying all the London-made guns. Beyond these, companies mainly maintain their existence on good dinner 9 loving cups, and the power of giving good things await 1: eluding twelfth-night cakes to themselves annually, bat he some fees for attendance, and certain old ceremonies irt ll manner of the election of their officers, which we e llti o allude to presently —healthy exercises these, calculated . extend their longevity to an indefinite period. Of colt"; there are very few veritable tradesmen to be found 111°134 them ; for instance, the mercers, that stand first ate°o the twelve great companies, cannot count a single nee°3"Dro of the craft among its livery I What pretence the BoWIIO and the Fletchers have had to call themselv es a "Iwo; except it be that of toy-makers, since the days of Q tle t o Bess, we caannot tell. About the beginning ef 40 0 Stuart period, perhaps the London coralitif were in the most flourishing condition. Cerfaw o the entertainments they gave to princes were magal 6 L efl os Their sideboards abounded with curious plate , their w:j and gardens were on a scale of great magnificenc e, they formed the centres of little communities, to they diffused their bounty. Tho City halls had attavo to them granaries, well stored, in case of a dearth of °, ° o in the City—a very common occurrence, as but little " 00 grown in the country, and we had mainly to depend °P.,O, that imported from abroad. The corn-metage levied to this day, is a remnant of the privileges attaaw-ej to these City granaries. Depots of coal were also attarbf to the various halls, to be given in hard seasons to the Pp —and, finally, the almshouses of the cr aft were ages Were around them, in which dwelt their almsmen, wb° 0 11 called upon to swell the pageants of their companies 0 ° 0 0 grand occasions. The liveries of the crafts in earl y days Whood s o bright that they must have made a sight more like t-ntig we read of in Italian history than such as we fled el!: 0 1 Englishmen now-•a-days. . . . When the walls "'Ol rebuilt—and it is wonderful with what alacrity this 01 ( done, all the companies occupying their new houseethicl going on as of old, within three years of the c a lamity made a clean sweep of the City—it was done in the to and formal style of the period ; and there is not ono el now existing, in the many out-of-the-way corners 01 tl City, that in way recalls the ancient glories of these f alll trading guilds.—Once a Week.tr ('ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and OLO,„a etoo A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflate,g tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion ; general debility. A few doses of these pills, taken ill t o are an effectual preventive against gout and rheurastily but anyone who has an attack of either should use Sh°iol way's Ointment also , the powe rful p ro p erties of sect with the effect of the pills, must infallibly &eel,/ cure. These pills act directly on the blood, whieft_:ot purify and improve. They also regulate the secretistift,il g ive tone to the stomach, and thus the whole systeel is vigorated, and put into a condition which enablees, throw off disease or check its approach. Sold at fr°,:iicii Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, and by all aw" vendors throughout the civilised world. London: Prin;.ed and PvlP.lshed bylVlLLlAgtl';,,j)plol of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tu n SUN 0103`0,..0 Strand, in the Precinct of the : Sav oy, in ille Miclikoex.—lguaday, 'epteraDer 26,160 Births. Aie if EDEN.—On the 23d inst., at Ticehnrst Vicarage, '- of the Rev. Arthur Eden, of a daughter. 0 FERGUSON.—On the 24th inst., at 1 , eat, Chesh am-str George Ferguson, of Pitfour, of a son. 0 GLYN,—On. the 24th inst., at 51 , Berkeleyantia'' ... s Henry Glynn, of a son. Marriages. t g g i ll BENWELL—TOTTENITAXI.—On the 22d inst., at .- • 1.. Ch e lt en ham, Frederick William Benwell, PV,E, 'S Regt., to Marian Frances, daughter of Corn tenham, Esq., of Cheltenham. ~,e o r WISE—JACKSON. — On the 234 inst., at Saint I ‘ l6 l', rl Pl um stead, William C. Wise, M.D , to Ann, 013„7' of William Jackson, Esq., of Shooter's-hill, li:e'- Deaths. A 101 CLARK.—On the 22d inst. , at Netherwood, Gt .° a Thomas Clark, Esq., formerly of Birmills"' .l 71. „ r pe Hinst., Annis,—On the 22d at CountessWoir,lo'^ Mr. Charles Harris, aged 73. , ffold' ISIACSON.—On the 22d inst., at Mildenhall, o'l D. Isaacson, Esq., aged 53. 1 13 0 ri KEOGII.—On the 22 , 1 inst , in London, Captain - Keogh, 8.L,, late of Dunkirk. .„,,i,,gr a s' KING.—On the 23.1 inst., at Teddington, J-•-• Esq., late of the 9,11 Lancers, aged 32. Vf4. l LAMING.—On the 23d inst„ James L ar aiDg a . ,a gel 13irchington Hall, Isle of Thanet, and late Of - hill west, aged 74. M t TRISTRAM.—On the 22d inst., at Th e Thernel DO, bridge, near Bolton, Henry Tristram , E6(1" 0 aged 85. .....j ---- ...,1